[image from darkside.no too old to be available]One of the local loonies. When I first met him, he started to talk about different stuff, having some strange viewpoints on politics etc. He continued talking for about half an hour and ended up telling me how the Illuminati ruled the world from their headquarter in Alaska, that the Vatican had the worlds largest porn collection and that Norway was ruled by men dressed in capes who were kidnapping tens of thousands of people each year.

This remarkable woman who lives in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, makes it her duty to nurture sick and broken African Penguins back to health. This particular penguin was in a state of near-death when she found it and required unending attention for two sleepless nights - nursing, caring, medicines, everything. She is the only one around who does this, and because of her excellent success rate (100%) of bringing animals back to health, sick penguins go to her first before they go to the penguin rehabilitation centre at Plettenberg Bay that I helped build when I was there a few weeks ago.

Seen in a not very friendly way as an eccentric by her neighbours, she says that she prefers the company of penguins to that of humans...

[image from img85.imageshack.us too old to be available]My favorite picture I took from the first year of OIF. We went into town to buy ice and sodas. The picture is of one of my crew chiefs posing with some Iraqi children.

[image from i2.tinypic.com too old to be available]I've always liked the composition and expressions of this photo for some reason. Here's my son 2 years later with my wife. Taken in Fillmore, CA, May 2006.

Once again, I am late to the party. Here's the story behind this picture:

This remarkable woman who lives in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, makes it her duty to nurture sick and broken African Penguins back to health. This particular penguin was in a state of near-death when she found it and required unending attention for two sleepless nights - nursing, caring, medicines, everything. She is the only one around who does this, and because of her excellent success rate (100%) of bringing animals back to health, sick penguins go to her first before they go to the penguin rehabilitation centre at Plettenberg Bay that I helped build when I was there a few weeks ago.

Seen in a not very friendly way as an eccentric by her neighbours, she says that she prefers the company of penguins to that of humans...

[image from img182.imageshack.us too old to be available].I've been Photoshopping for a while, but I thought I'd finally get in on one of these. This particular one was hard for me because I am not in the habit of photgraphing other people, I prefer architecture and nature.But, I could not resist getting this one of a police officer in Belize near the Mayan ruins of Xunantunich. I feel that, although informal, it captures the essence of the definition of Portraiture used above. One reason is the necklace he had on. I've included an enlarged detail below. I did ask his permission before taking the shot, as I do anytime I want a picture of someone holding a loaded M-16..[image from img138.imageshack.us too old to be available].\\\Slashies say - Difficulty of no self-portraiture hurt, I accidentally cameraphoned myself on the same vacation, and that shot was one of the better ones of me I've ever had done.